The British Columbia Economic Development Association is excited to announce an exciting one-year

Friday, February 16, 2018 - 12:09pm

BC Economic Development Awards

The BC Economic Development Association’s BC Economic Development Awards recognizes the Province’s best economic development marketing materials; programs and partnerships. These prestigious awards honor organizations and/or individuals for their efforts in creating positive change in urban, suburban, and rural communities. Two awards will be given in each category – based on population. One award for population under 20,000 and one award for population over 20,000.

These awards recognize innovative and effective marketing materials used for attracting, retaining and fostering business as well as communication vehicles used by economic development organizations.

Examples of Typical Submissions:

General Purpose Brochure

Special Purpose Brochure

General Purpose Promotion

Annual Report

Paid Advertising Campaign

Newsletter/Newspaper

Magazine

General Purpose Website

Special Purpose Website

New Media

Special Event

Branding

Marketing Strategy

Marketing Campaign

Community Project Award

This award recognizes a community or regional partnership that works together in on-going economic development work and activities.

Examples of Typical Submissions:

Technology Based Economic Development

Multi-Year Economic Development

Economic Development Training

Business Retention & Expansion

Entrepreneurship

Neighbourhood Development

Human Capital Program

Responding to Globalization

Sustainable and Green Development

Real Estate Redevelopment & Reuse

Public-Private Partnerships

Partnerships with Educational Institutions

Regionalism and Cross-Border Collaboration

Stan Rogers Memorial Award

Deadline for entries: May 11, 2018

The Stan Rogers Memorial Award is presented to a specific project, either completed by the public or private sector, which has made an exceptional impact on a local economy. Nominations for local government and private sector companies will both be considered. Download the details by clicking here.

Past Winners

Partners

About Us

The British Columbia Economic Development Association (BCEDA) is the leading professional association of economic development practitioners in the Province of BC. BCEDA currently has over 420 members from communities throughout the Province. BCEDA provides services that help member communities grow and expand new and existing businesses, attract new business investments, and work towards strategic infrastructure investment, land use planning, and community enhancement.